He was talking to his 16 or so year old grandson in an episode. I watched that episode and have just about all episodes. Both Phil and his wife Kay are highly active in their grandkids life giving them lots of positive moral direction and that too is shown in the show. Same boy comes to Phil's house to take his girl friend out fishing in the boat. Guess who tags along uninvited? Phil.
The grandmother Kay often talks to the girl grandchildren and sometimes both together. BTW grandkids address both Phil and their own dad as Sir when told to do something.
But as for marrying at 16? My dad had three sisters and three half sisters. His three sisters were all married by age 16 to men about 7-9 years senior their age. All three married returning WW2 Vets. On my moms side most of my grandmothers sisters married young as well mainly WW1 vets. IIRC my sister married at 17 and her husband was about 7 years older just out of college. I married just shy of 23 getting out of the service to my 19 year old girlfriend. When she passed and I remarried it was to a woman 7 years my senior at age 28 & 35 receptively. In high school about a dozen girls were married by their Junior year. That was in the early 1970's. No one freaked.
The media is making a big deal over what isn't a big deal. The grandparents are telling the kids pick a mate that shares or accepts your interest. For example the grandmother has Phil or her sons hunt squirrels because she likes squirrel brains. Of and when one of the granddaughters started dating her dad "Willie" takes her boy friend hunting.
So is anyone in that family pushing their kids into marriage at 16? No.
Next on the Liberals hit list will likely be the wisdom tooth extraction episode when again same grandson is put on laugh gas.
Unpossible! I read right here on this very page that this behavior is a myth! ;)